The 1940 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 11 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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Kentucky was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 57.45 percent of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 42.30 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 557,322 | 57.45% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 410,384 | 42.30% | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson | 1,443 | 0.15% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,014 | 0.10% | |
| Total votes | 970,163 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,711 | 42.37% | 3,674 | 57.42% | 13 | 0.20% | -963 | -15.05% | 6,398 |
| Allen | 2,036 | 38.49% | 3,232 | 61.11% | 21 | 0.40% | -1,196 | -22.61% | 5,289 |
| Anderson | 2,515 | 66.73% | 1,244 | 33.01% | 10 | 0.27% | 1,271 | 33.72% | 3,769 |
| Ballard | 3,212 | 80.89% | 758 | 19.09% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,454 | 61.80% | 3,971 |
| Barren | 4,888 | 60.11% | 3,233 | 39.76% | 11 | 0.14% | 1,655 | 20.35% | 8,132 |
| Bath | 2,528 | 60.54% | 1,636 | 39.18% | 12 | 0.29% | 892 | 21.36% | 4,176 |
| Bell | 5,910 | 54.23% | 4,962 | 45.53% | 27 | 0.25% | 948 | 8.70% | 10,899 |
| Boone | 2,518 | 64.76% | 1,357 | 34.90% | 13 | 0.33% | 1,161 | 29.86% | 3,888 |
| Bourbon | 4,254 | 61.38% | 2,673 | 38.57% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,581 | 22.81% | 6,931 |
| Boyd | 9,868 | 57.16% | 7,322 | 42.41% | 75 | 0.43% | 2,546 | 14.75% | 17,265 |
| Boyle | 4,081 | 64.28% | 2,257 | 35.55% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,824 | 28.73% | 6,349 |
| Bracken | 1,961 | 55.69% | 1,551 | 44.05% | 9 | 0.26% | 410 | 11.64% | 3,521 |
| Breathitt | 3,977 | 71.14% | 1,602 | 28.66% | 11 | 0.20% | 2,375 | 42.49% | 5,590 |
| Breckinridge | 3,296 | 50.01% | 3,258 | 49.43% | 37 | 0.56% | 38 | 0.58% | 6,591 |
| Bullitt | 2,388 | 74.46% | 813 | 25.35% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,575 | 49.11% | 3,207 |
| Butler | 1,455 | 31.47% | 3,163 | 68.40% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,708 | -36.94% | 4,624 |
| Caldwell | 2,858 | 55.71% | 2,246 | 43.78% | 26 | 0.51% | 612 | 11.93% | 5,130 |
| Calloway | 5,793 | 86.49% | 896 | 13.38% | 9 | 0.13% | 4,897 | 73.11% | 6,698 |
| Campbell | 14,801 | 49.63% | 14,916 | 50.02% | 103 | 0.35% | -115 | -0.39% | 29,820 |
| Carlisle | 2,366 | 82.21% | 500 | 17.37% | 12 | 0.42% | 1,866 | 64.84% | 2,878 |
| Carroll | 2,915 | 78.15% | 804 | 21.55% | 11 | 0.29% | 2,111 | 56.60% | 3,730 |
| Carter | 3,403 | 42.83% | 4,520 | 56.88% | 23 | 0.29% | -1,117 | -14.06% | 7,946 |
| Casey | 1,862 | 32.37% | 3,874 | 67.34% | 17 | 0.30% | -2,012 | -34.97% | 5,753 |
| Christian | 6,599 | 54.17% | 5,566 | 45.69% | 16 | 0.13% | 1,033 | 8.48% | 12,181 |
| Clark | 3,970 | 64.82% | 2,136 | 34.87% | 19 | 0.31% | 1,834 | 29.94% | 6,125 |
| Clay | 1,632 | 27.08% | 4,395 | 72.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,763 | -45.84% | 6,027 |
| Clinton | 755 | 22.69% | 2,573 | 77.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,818 | -54.63% | 3,328 |
| Crittenden | 1,834 | 41.01% | 2,624 | 58.68% | 14 | 0.31% | -790 | -17.67% | 4,472 |
| Cumberland | 872 | 25.58% | 2,533 | 74.30% | 4 | 0.12% | -1,661 | -48.72% | 3,409 |
| Daviess | 9,344 | 62.19% | 5,633 | 37.49% | 49 | 0.33% | 3,711 | 24.70% | 15,026 |
| Edmonson | 1,332 | 33.86% | 2,589 | 65.81% | 13 | 0.33% | -1,257 | -31.95% | 3,934 |
| Elliott | 2,013 | 76.05% | 634 | 23.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,379 | 52.10% | 2,647 |
| Estill | 2,587 | 47.16% | 2,889 | 52.66% | 10 | 0.18% | -302 | -5.50% | 5,486 |
| Fayette | 15,834 | 55.69% | 12,514 | 44.01% | 84 | 0.30% | 3,320 | 11.68% | 28,432 |
| Fleming | 2,999 | 51.11% | 2,855 | 48.65% | 14 | 0.24% | 144 | 2.45% | 5,868 |
| Floyd | 9,100 | 71.03% | 3,711 | 28.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,389 | 42.07% | 12,811 |
| Franklin | 6,956 | 78.18% | 1,927 | 21.66% | 14 | 0.16% | 5,029 | 56.52% | 8,897 |
| Fulton | 3,592 | 81.79% | 791 | 18.01% | 9 | 0.20% | 2,801 | 63.78% | 4,392 |
| Gallatin | 1,473 | 74.70% | 495 | 25.10% | 4 | 0.20% | 978 | 49.59% | 1,972 |
| Garrard | 2,162 | 50.07% | 2,148 | 49.75% | 8 | 0.19% | 14 | 0.32% | 4,318 |
| Grant | 2,729 | 63.93% | 1,535 | 35.96% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,194 | 27.97% | 4,269 |
| Graves | 9,786 | 81.99% | 2,122 | 17.78% | 27 | 0.23% | 7,664 | 64.21% | 11,935 |
| Grayson | 2,678 | 45.69% | 3,156 | 53.85% | 27 | 0.46% | -478 | -8.16% | 5,861 |
| Green | 1,993 | 44.21% | 2,497 | 55.39% | 18 | 0.40% | -504 | -11.18% | 4,508 |
| Greenup | 4,742 | 53.73% | 4,059 | 45.99% | 24 | 0.27% | 683 | 7.74% | 8,825 |
| Hancock | 1,338 | 48.41% | 1,424 | 51.52% | 2 | 0.07% | -86 | -3.11% | 2,764 |
| Hardin | 4,718 | 66.54% | 2,351 | 33.16% | 21 | 0.30% | 2,367 | 33.39% | 7,090 |
| Harlan | 10,582 | 64.20% | 5,859 | 35.55% | 42 | 0.25% | 4,723 | 28.65% | 16,483 |
| Harrison | 4,228 | 71.01% | 1,707 | 28.67% | 19 | 0.32% | 2,521 | 42.34% | 5,954 |
| Hart | 3,280 | 53.29% | 2,866 | 46.56% | 9 | 0.15% | 414 | 6.73% | 6,155 |
| Henderson | 6,727 | 73.03% | 2,455 | 26.65% | 29 | 0.31% | 4,272 | 46.38% | 9,211 |
| Henry | 3,862 | 72.47% | 1,445 | 27.12% | 22 | 0.41% | 2,417 | 45.36% | 5,329 |
| Hickman | 2,758 | 84.73% | 490 | 15.05% | 7 | 0.22% | 2,268 | 69.68% | 3,255 |
| Hopkins | 8,695 | 68.96% | 3,884 | 30.80% | 30 | 0.24% | 4,811 | 38.16% | 12,609 |
| Jackson | 465 | 11.07% | 3,722 | 88.62% | 13 | 0.31% | -3,257 | -77.55% | 4,200 |
| Jefferson | 94,710 | 58.75% | 66,052 | 40.97% | 456 | 0.28% | 28,658 | 17.78% | 161,218 |
| Jessamine | 2,815 | 60.00% | 1,837 | 39.15% | 40 | 0.85% | 978 | 20.84% | 4,692 |
| Johnson | 3,042 | 37.58% | 5,042 | 62.29% | 10 | 0.12% | -2,000 | -24.71% | 8,094 |
| Kenton | 19,261 | 59.30% | 13,147 | 40.47% | 74 | 0.23% | 6,114 | 18.82% | 32,482 |
| Knott | 4,434 | 85.38% | 759 | 14.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,675 | 70.77% | 5,193 |
| Knox | 3,319 | 39.84% | 5,003 | 60.06% | 8 | 0.10% | -1,684 | -20.22% | 8,330 |
| Larue | 2,463 | 65.14% | 1,309 | 34.62% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,154 | 30.52% | 3,781 |
| Laurel | 2,860 | 35.48% | 5,180 | 64.27% | 20 | 0.25% | -2,320 | -28.78% | 8,060 |
| Lawrence | 3,178 | 50.83% | 3,055 | 48.86% | 19 | 0.30% | 123 | 1.97% | 6,252 |
| Lee | 1,622 | 46.41% | 1,866 | 53.39% | 7 | 0.20% | -244 | -6.98% | 3,495 |
| Leslie | 626 | 15.97% | 3,292 | 83.96% | 3 | 0.08% | -2,666 | -67.99% | 3,921 |
| Letcher | 6,127 | 57.92% | 4,433 | 41.90% | 19 | 0.18% | 1,694 | 16.01% | 10,579 |
| Lewis | 1,878 | 35.78% | 3,371 | 64.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,493 | -28.44% | 5,249 |
| Lincoln | 3,657 | 53.91% | 3,090 | 45.56% | 36 | 0.53% | 567 | 8.36% | 6,783 |
| Livingston | 2,013 | 62.65% | 1,184 | 36.85% | 16 | 0.50% | 829 | 25.80% | 3,213 |
| Logan | 6,631 | 74.44% | 2,268 | 25.46% | 9 | 0.10% | 4,363 | 48.98% | 8,908 |
| Lyon | 1,979 | 67.84% | 921 | 31.57% | 17 | 0.58% | 1,058 | 36.27% | 2,917 |
| Madison | 6,484 | 52.54% | 5,789 | 46.91% | 67 | 0.54% | 695 | 5.63% | 12,340 |
| Magoffin | 2,812 | 51.30% | 2,668 | 48.68% | 1 | 0.02% | 144 | 2.63% | 5,481 |
| Marion | 3,482 | 66.15% | 1,763 | 33.49% | 19 | 0.36% | 1,719 | 32.66% | 5,264 |
| Marshall | 3,549 | 76.13% | 1,100 | 23.60% | 13 | 0.28% | 2,449 | 52.53% | 4,662 |
| Martin | 826 | 26.63% | 2,275 | 73.34% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,449 | -46.71% | 3,102 |
| Mason | 4,386 | 54.03% | 3,704 | 45.63% | 27 | 0.33% | 682 | 8.40% | 8,117 |
| McCracken | 11,562 | 76.23% | 3,554 | 23.43% | 52 | 0.34% | 8,008 | 52.80% | 15,168 |
| McCreary | 1,248 | 28.18% | 3,172 | 71.62% | 9 | 0.20% | -1,924 | -43.44% | 4,429 |
| McLean | 2,709 | 61.33% | 1,698 | 38.44% | 10 | 0.23% | 1,011 | 22.89% | 4,417 |
| Meade | 2,114 | 67.73% | 995 | 31.88% | 12 | 0.38% | 1,119 | 35.85% | 3,121 |
| Menifee | 1,176 | 69.50% | 511 | 30.20% | 5 | 0.30% | 665 | 39.30% | 1,692 |
| Mercer | 3,606 | 65.92% | 1,845 | 33.73% | 19 | 0.35% | 1,761 | 32.19% | 5,470 |
| Metcalfe | 1,826 | 45.15% | 2,206 | 54.55% | 12 | 0.30% | -380 | -9.40% | 4,044 |
| Monroe | 1,390 | 29.44% | 3,321 | 70.33% | 11 | 0.23% | -1,931 | -40.89% | 4,722 |
| Montgomery | 2,755 | 62.06% | 1,671 | 37.64% | 13 | 0.29% | 1,084 | 24.42% | 4,439 |
| Morgan | 4,148 | 73.33% | 1,509 | 26.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,639 | 46.65% | 5,657 |
| Muhlenberg | 5,140 | 48.95% | 5,332 | 50.78% | 28 | 0.27% | -192 | -1.83% | 10,500 |
| Nelson | 4,193 | 66.45% | 2,109 | 33.42% | 8 | 0.13% | 2,084 | 33.03% | 6,310 |
| Nicholas | 2,124 | 63.50% | 1,207 | 36.08% | 14 | 0.42% | 917 | 27.41% | 3,345 |
| Ohio | 3,729 | 45.45% | 4,451 | 54.25% | 24 | 0.29% | -722 | -8.80% | 8,204 |
| Oldham | 1,983 | 69.80% | 848 | 29.85% | 10 | 0.35% | 1,135 | 39.95% | 2,841 |
| Owen | 3,655 | 86.39% | 569 | 13.45% | 7 | 0.17% | 3,086 | 72.94% | 4,231 |
| Owsley | 591 | 18.10% | 2,672 | 81.81% | 3 | 0.09% | -2,081 | -63.72% | 3,266 |
| Pendleton | 2,165 | 51.45% | 2,029 | 48.22% | 14 | 0.33% | 136 | 3.23% | 4,208 |
| Perry | 6,852 | 59.26% | 4,693 | 40.59% | 18 | 0.16% | 2,159 | 18.67% | 11,563 |
| Pike | 12,160 | 57.46% | 8,985 | 42.46% | 16 | 0.08% | 3,175 | 15.00% | 21,161 |
| Powell | 1,266 | 55.77% | 989 | 43.57% | 15 | 0.66% | 277 | 12.20% | 2,270 |
| Pulaski | 4,896 | 36.35% | 8,533 | 63.36% | 39 | 0.29% | -3,637 | -27.00% | 13,468 |
| Robertson | 829 | 58.63% | 578 | 40.88% | 7 | 0.50% | 251 | 17.75% | 1,414 |
| Rockcastle | 1,652 | 31.81% | 3,536 | 68.08% | 6 | 0.12% | -1,884 | -36.27% | 5,194 |
| Rowan | 2,294 | 54.10% | 1,944 | 45.85% | 2 | 0.05% | 350 | 8.25% | 4,240 |
| Russell | 1,250 | 28.84% | 3,069 | 70.81% | 15 | 0.35% | -1,819 | -41.97% | 4,334 |
| Scott | 4,039 | 69.05% | 1,795 | 30.69% | 15 | 0.26% | 2,244 | 38.37% | 5,849 |
| Shelby | 4,823 | 71.96% | 1,861 | 27.77% | 18 | 0.27% | 2,962 | 44.20% | 6,702 |
| Simpson | 2,950 | 74.78% | 987 | 25.02% | 8 | 0.20% | 1,963 | 49.76% | 3,945 |
| Spencer | 1,728 | 75.13% | 567 | 24.65% | 5 | 0.22% | 1,161 | 50.48% | 2,300 |
| Taylor | 2,790 | 49.77% | 2,792 | 49.80% | 24 | 0.43% | -2 | -0.04% | 5,606 |
| Todd | 3,337 | 69.64% | 1,436 | 29.97% | 19 | 0.40% | 1,901 | 39.67% | 4,792 |
| Trigg | 2,883 | 65.70% | 1,494 | 34.05% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,389 | 31.65% | 4,388 |
| Trimble | 1,909 | 88.58% | 242 | 11.23% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,667 | 77.35% | 2,155 |
| Union | 4,355 | 79.56% | 1,111 | 20.30% | 8 | 0.15% | 3,244 | 59.26% | 5,474 |
| Warren | 7,569 | 64.14% | 4,195 | 35.55% | 36 | 0.31% | 3,374 | 28.59% | 11,800 |
| Washington | 2,612 | 52.49% | 2,362 | 47.47% | 2 | 0.04% | 250 | 5.02% | 4,976 |
| Wayne | 2,519 | 44.18% | 3,177 | 55.72% | 6 | 0.11% | -658 | -11.54% | 5,702 |
| Webster | 4,197 | 66.40% | 2,107 | 33.33% | 17 | 0.27% | 2,090 | 33.06% | 6,321 |
| Whitley | 4,078 | 38.49% | 6,502 | 61.36% | 16 | 0.15% | -2,424 | -22.88% | 10,596 |
| Wolfe | 2,205 | 68.12% | 1,032 | 31.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,173 | 36.24% | 3,237 |
| Woodford | 2,630 | 63.36% | 1,514 | 36.47% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,116 | 26.89% | 4,151 |
| Totals | 557,322 | 57.45% | 410,384 | 42.30% | 2,457 | 0.25% | 146,938 | 15.15% | 970,163 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1940". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 178-179 ISBN 0405077114